Karuna Amman

Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan (1966-), also known as Karuna Amman, was the leader of the Tamil Tigers splintergroup Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal and Vice-President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

Biography
Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan was born in 1966 in Kiran, Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. He joined the Tamil Tigers with the nickname "Karuna Amman" and became the bodyguard to LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, but in 2004 he defected from the LTTE and formed the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal splintergroup, a political party that sided with the government against the Tamil Tigers. Amman's group was accused of war crimes committed against the Tamil Tigers and suspected rebels, but its alliance with the government prevented it from being charged with any crimes. After the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Amman entered politics, becoming Vice-President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.